As wildfires raged across Los Angeles, killing at least 24 people and destroying thousands of structures, some people sought to contrast emergency response to the fires to disaster response that followed deadly hurricanes that battered the southeastern U.

In North Carolina, the president pledged “the support that you need to quickly recover and rebuild” after a hurricane. His message to fire-ravaged California had a different tone.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, using the first trip of his second administration to tour areas where politics has clouded the response to deadly disasters.

The president said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been too bureaucratic and slow in its response to disasters.

Politics shadowed Trump's visits to disaster areas Politics shadowed Trump's visits to disaster zones in North Carolina and California. Trump recalled a whistleblower reported that Federal ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday floated shuttering the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster areas in North Carolina and California, where he pledged government support and sparred with Democratic officials.

While the president emphasized his desire to help North Carolina, a battleground state that’s voted for him in all of his presidential campaigns, he was much less generous toward California ...

President Donald Trump said he's considering "getting rid of" FEMA as he hit the road for the first time since his second inauguration, visiting victims of Hurricane Helene and the California wildfires.

President Trump is taking the first trip of his term on Friday to North Carolina and California, visiting communities grappling with recovery from natural disasters.

Frederick and Frances Caple, originally from the Carolinas, spent 58 years calling Altadena, California, home. That is, until January 7th, when wildfires forced them to leave everything behind.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

We’ve got to start moving on housing,” said Jonathan Krebs, Western North Carolina recovery advisor, but delays in D.C. could push work back until fall.